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fizzyclare1 369

fizzyclare1 369

I've noticed that some folks may be getting twaddled whilst on their path. What do I mean by 'twaddled'? Twaddled is something that happens when we read a book and book is full of crap and we get temporarily taken 'in' by it (perhaps due to inexperience, naivite or just a plain old brain fart - oh yeah, I know the last bit all too well :P ).

So I was wondering if we could have a thread that would give readers little gobbits of wisdom that would help a person to avoid being 'twaddled' by nutty publishers/writers etc.

Heres my thoughts:

Does book suggest you can only work magic at a certain time (ie when venus is transiting jupiter and it has to be in a sacred trine with count dooku from planet wotsit) - if so its likely you are facing a twaddler.

Does said book advocate lots of witchy watsits that cost a lot of money and low and behold is only available at a certain outlet? If so, you may be faced with a money twaddler - a person who is using twaddle dressed up as a book to sell lots of useless paraphanalia (which he is trying to flog you).

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Guest Tas Mania

Guest Tas Mania

"I decided to write this book because my Granny told me lots of things about the ways of the Pagan when I was a little girl/boy, and this has had an amazing impact on my life which I felt I must share with you all*."

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Guest Freydis

Guest Freydis

If the word Llewellyn appears anywhere on the cover and / or Spine, it is written by a "twaddler" and published by a "money twaddler" so dont waste time opening it.

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Oh I don't know, Llewellyn books are quite good as firelighters. Although matches are cheaper.

Anything that has references to Atlantis, mystic spirits, traditions going back thousands of years or recomends lots of expensive paraphanalia that you can get from the author's website at a knock-down price.

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Joxy 11

Joxy 11

To be honest many of the so called "pagan" books one can purchase from the likes of Waterstone tend to be a bit on the light fluffy side and generally are 101 type books, which are a bit thin on substance generally.

Much better to look in the folklore, herbal, and history type sections...oh and quantum physics.

Mind, I do own quite a few of the fluffy tomes and I do find them quite interesting although I do prefer my mythological/herbal/aromatherpy/history etc type books... and as I say I do love the 5000 spells book... hehehehe, I laughed so hard when I read the spell about keeping a lover faithful.. it involved a live fish and inserting it in an unmentionable place and then after a number of days feeding it to the lover.... apparently a medievel spell. :(

Moonhunter 3686

Moonhunter 3686

Anything that refers to caerleon as a mystical place linked with Arthur... I work here

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hey, really? Do you work at weekends? It's only about half an hour from me and I actually quite like the place. OK, so maybe only the baths, museum, amphitheater and that strange little passage of shops...

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Guest pasher

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"The Element Encyclopaedia of 5000 Spells: The Ultimate Reference Book for the Magical Arts"

By Judika Illes

Gulp. That's more than any self respectin' Witch should EVER need...

(Wonder what Granny would have said?)

;)

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Hey, stop that.

Thats one of my favourite books your casting aspersions on, I sold more of them in the past 12 months than any other single title, including those great works by the world renouned true witch, "Titania".

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Guest Tas Mania

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"The Element Encyclopaedia of 5000 Spells: The Ultimate Reference Book for the Magical Arts"

By Judika Illes

Gulp. That's more than any self respectin' Witch should EVER need...

(Wonder what Granny would have said?)

;)

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Hey, stop that.

Thats one of my favourite books your casting aspersions on, I sold more of them in the past 12 months than any other single title, including those great works by the world renouned true witch, "Titania".

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Bet she went down a treat! :lol:

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Guest Etayne

Guest Etayne

I had a book of 'Dream Interpretation' (always dodgy, I know) from the 1940s and it said, (brace yourselves) under the heading 'man'- "If you dream of a negro, it fortells a dark and dangerous time for you. You will have an encounter with a thief." Needless to say, upon reading that shite, I tossed the book on the proverbial bonfire. Since then, I haven't really come across anything that made me want to burn a book, but that kind of outright racism and complete lack of understanding of the world made me almost physically sick. Ick. I guess it was very different 'back then'.

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fizzyclare1 369

fizzyclare1 369

If the word Llewellyn appears anywhere on the cover and / or Spine, it is written by a "twaddler" and published by a "money twaddler" so dont waste time opening it.

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Oh I don't know, Llewellyn books are quite good as firelighters. Although matches are cheaper.

Anything that has references to Atlantis, mystic spirits, traditions going back thousands of years or recomends lots of expensive paraphanalia that you can get from the author's website at a knock-down price.

Oh and anything by Silver Raven$wolf.

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good point, I was thinking a similar thing - I mean if a nuclear weapons designer was researching into new designs and they found a paper on said subject and it was by Ivor Bigraygun you'd be a little suspicious, wouldn't you?

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Guest Quasizoid

Guest Quasizoid

As I'm in a grumpy mood I'll probably also add anything by Graham Hancock, The DaVinci Code and The Bible Code.

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Know what you mean. I especially don't care for what Hancock contrives of Angkor Wat. The whole complex is clearly the most aesthetic blend of irrigation genius and reverence of the elementals of water. Trying to construe this into some half-baked cosmological coincidence on a laptop, is no better than implying that Stonehenge was built by extraterrestrials. As for all the illuminati bollox, and any other conspiracy theories, anyone can suggest 2+2=7 if the price is right. ^_^